The Midwives' Cauldron
Join us as we hubble, bubble, toil, and trouble our way through aspects of midwifery, birth, lactation, and womanhood. We tackle and discuss a variety of topics within the sphere of womanhood, birth, and lactation and what this entails in today's society. We want to be able to share in the strengths of women gathering together and being more informed, for their birth, their feeding experience, and the transition into knowing ourselves better. This is the podcast to connect us as a greater circle of women united.
The Midwives' Cauldron
The importance of the amniotic sac
In this episode Rachel talks to Katie about all the wondrous and darn right fascinating things about the amniotic sac.
· Why is the baby surrounded by fluid, and what is it made of?
· Women are often told they have too much or too little fluid. Is this a problem?
· We also discuss why Rachel is (slightly!) obsessed with the function of the amniotic sac during labour
· We ask does breaking the amniotic sac (the waters) speed up labour at any point?
· What if your amniotic sac breaks before labour? We discuss the time the time-frames around augmenting labour when this has happened.
· And we discuss what if the membranes don’t break during labour?
All this and lots more for your eager lug’ols.
LINKS:
https://midwifethinking.com/2015/09/16/in-defence-of-the-amniotic-sac/
https://midwifethinking.com/2013/08/14/amniotic-fluid-volume-too-much-too-little-or-who-knows/
https://midwifethinking.com/2015/01/14/the-curse-of-meconium-stained-liquor/
https://midwifethinking.com/2017/01/11/pre-labour-rupture-of-membranes-impatience-and-risk/
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